Happy to share that a few weeks ago I successfully defended my dissertation as the first doctoral student of Digital Humanities at the University of Bern (insigni cum laude).
My study under the title «Generative Data Design: Data Visualization as Argumentative Process in The Digital Humanities» developed a practical and critical design method that conceptualizes data visualization as an argumentative process (contrary to the idea of visualizations being neutral and objective) supporting the interpretation of digital cultural heritage collections.
A great thank you goes to my supervisors Tobias Hodel and Ulrike Felsing (University of Bern) as well as Kurt Fendt (MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing). And of course to all my friends, family and colleagues who supported this journey in a diversity of ways. 
Next up: Publication process.